Dr. Martin Thullner
Contact
Dr. Martin Thullner
since March 2022 my main affiliation is
Sub-Department 2.3: Groundwater Resources - Quality and Dynamics
Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR)
Stilleweg 2, 30655 Hannover
Phone: ++49 - (0)511 - 643 3077
martin.thullner@bgr.de
https://www.bgr.bund.de/EN/Themen/Wasser/Mitarbeiterseiten/thullnerM_en.html?nn=1548666
at UFZ:
former Head of Working Group Geomicrobial Reactive Transport Systems
Department of Environmental Microbiology
now Guest Scientist, Department Applied Microbial Ecology
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstr. 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
martin.thullner@ufz.de
Research Interests
My research activities focus on reactive transport modeling of subsurface environments. Of particular interest are biogeochemical/geomicrobial processes involved in the microbial degradation of organic carbon species (contaminants or natural organic matter) in aquifers, soils or aquatic sediments. Research topics include- microbial community dynamics and their implication on biogeochemical reactions
- limitation of microbial activity due to mass transfer processes (bioavailability)
- upscaling of pore scale processes to the macro scale
- microbially induced isotope fractionation
- competition between organic carbon degradation pathways in redox stratified systems
- influence of microbial growth on hydraulic properties of porous media (bioclogging)
Education
2013
Senior University Research Qualification and Basic University Teaching Qualification, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
2002
Ph.D. in Environmental Science, Department of Environmental Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
1997
M.Sc. in Physics, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany
CV / Scientific Career
since 2022
Senior Research Associate, Sub-Department 2.3: Groundwater Resources - Quality and Dynamics, Federal Institute of Geosciences and Natural Resources, Hannover, Germany and
Guest Scientist, Department of Environmental Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
since 2013
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Canada
2005-2022
Senior Research Associate, Department of Environmental Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
2007-2019
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences - Geochemistry, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
2003-2005
Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Earth Sciences - Geochemistry, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
2002-2003
Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Recent Publications
- Golparvar, A., Kästner, M., Thullner, M. (2024):
P3D-BRNS v1.0.0: a three-dimensional, multiphase, multicomponent, pore-scale reactive transport modelling package for simulating biogeochemical processes in subsurface environments
Geosci. Model Dev. 17 (2), 881 - 898 10.5194/gmd-17-881-2024 - Khurana, S., Heße, F., Hildebrandt, A., Thullner, M. (2024):
Microbial mediated carbon and nitrogen cycling in the spatially heterogenous vadose zone: A modeling study
Vadose Zone J. 23 (2), e20315 10.1002/vzj2.20315 - Gharasoo, M., Elsner, M., van Cappellen, P., Thullner, M. (2022):
Pore-scale heterogeneities improve the degradation of a self-inhibiting substrate: Insights from reactive transport modeling
Environ. Sci. Technol. 56 (18), 13008 - 13018 10.1021/acs.est.2c01433 - Khan, A.M., Gharasoo, M., Wick, L.Y., Thullner, M. (2022):
Phase-specific stable isotope fractionation effects during combined gas-liquid phase exchange and biodegradation
Environ. Pollut. 309 , art. 119737 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119737 - Khurana, S., Heße, F., Hildebrandt, A., Thullner, M. (2022):
Should we worry about surficial dynamics when assessing nutrient cycling in the groundwater?
Front. Water 4 , art. 780297 10.3389/frwa.2022.780297 - Khurana, S., Heße, F., Hildebrandt, A., Thullner, M. (2022):
Predicting the impact of spatial heterogeneity on microbially mediated nutrient cycling in the subsurface
Biogeosciences 19 (3), 665 - 688 10.5194/bg-19-665-2022 - Schwarz, E., Khurana, S., Chakrawal, A., Chavez Rodriguez, L., Wirsching, J., Streck, T., Manzoni, S., Thullner, M., Pagel, H. (2022):
Spatial control of microbial pesticide degradation in soil: A model-based scenario analysis
Environ. Sci. Technol. 56 (20), 14427 - 14438 10.1021/acs.est.2c03397 - Sun, F., Mellage, A., Wang, Z., Bakkour, R., Griebler, C., Thullner, M., Cirpka, O.A., Elsner, M. (2022):
Toward improved bioremediation strategies: Response of BAM-degradation activity to concentration and flow changes in an inoculated bench-scale sediment tank
Environ. Sci. Technol. 56 (7), 4050 - 4061 10.1021/acs.est.1c05259 - Golparvar, A., Kästner, M., Thullner, M. (2021):
Pore-scale modeling of microbial activity: What we have and what we need
Vadose Zone J. 20 (1), e20087 10.1002/vzj2.20087 - Sun, F., Mellage, A., Gharasoo, M., Melsbach, A., Cao, X., Zimmermann, R., Griebler, C., Thullner, M., Cirpka, O.A., Elsner, M. (2021):
Mass-transfer-limited biodegradation at low concentrations—Evidence from reactive transport modeling of isotope profiles in a bench-scale aquifer
Environ. Sci. Technol. 55 (11), 7386 - 7397 10.1021/acs.est.0c08566 - Sun, F., Peters, J., Thullner, M., Cirpka, O.A., Elsner, M. (2021):
Magnitude of diffusion- and transverse dispersion-induced isotope fractionation of organic compounds in aqueous systems
Environ. Sci. Technol. 55 (8), 4772 - 4782 10.1021/acs.est.0c06741